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Paycheck (2003)
Director: John Woo
Cast: Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Paul Giamatti
Runtime119 min
Rating12A
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Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Paycheck, the 2003 science fiction thriller directed by John Woo, received mixed reviews from critics but was commercially successful. While the film was not a critical darling, it was recognized with a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. Audiences were more receptive to the film, with it earning a solid 6.1/10 rating on IMDb and a 59% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Fans of director John Woo's stylized action films will enjoy the thrilling, high-stakes sci-fi premise of Paycheck, which features Ben Affleck delivering a strong leading performance as a genius forced to piece together the mystery of his own missing memory and paycheck.
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Paycheck is a 2003 American science fiction action film directed and produced by John Woo. The film was written by Dean Georgaris, and based on the 1953 short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick. Starring Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, and Uma Thurman, with Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, and Michael C. Hall in supporting roles, the film follows a reverse engineer who finds himself hunted by both the FBI and a billionaire CEO after his memory is erased.
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